walking over to the window. Everything was quiet for a few minutes as I lay there thinking about Nelle’s warning. I would never admit it to her but I knew that she was right about Kisha being a problem and maybe even Lala. I’d heard how silly some females could be when they found out that they’re babydaddy had moved on with someone new. I didn’t want any problems with Kisha or Lala but both of them needed to realize that Tre maine wasn’t their property. All of a sudden Nelle’s head snapped around. “Hold up! Mina aren’t you and Kisha some kin on your daddy’s side?” Her question caught me off-guard because I hadn’t expected that to cross her mind. Like I said before, Kisha and I didn’t claim each other. Hell, we barely even saw each other and when we did, we spoke and kept it moving. “Girl that mess doesn’t count. We are like fourth cousins or something.” “It still counts Mina! ” She all but screamed. “Uh-uhh, you don’t need to mess with that boy. He has kids by your folks. That’s just nasty! You’re not supposed to lay-up behind your folks. You are doing way too much.” “Nelle, chill out.” I was starting to regret ever saying anything to her about Tremaine. “You are taking this thing and running with it. I only gave him my number. Who’s to say that anything will come of it?” She rolled her eyes and sucked her teeth. “Girl stop playing stupid. This is me that you are talking to. I know that you are grown and that I cannot tell you what to do but all I see coming of this right here is trouble. Take my advice and don’t mess with Tre. Find somebody else.”
I didn’t reply because I didn’t feel like discussing the issue with her anymore. She was starting to get on my nerves. She was acting like Kisha and I were close kin or like we hung out with each other or something. I wasn’t trying to hear that shit that she was talking. It was easy for her to sit back and judge me and try to tell me what I should or shouldn’t do because her shit was all peachy. She didn’t fully understand how I felt or what I’d been through. Yes, Corey had taken her through some shit but nothing like the things that Mello had taken me through. Corey had never abused her. They may have had a fight or two. He may have even smacked her once or twice but it was nothing like the abuse that I’d suffered at the hands of Mello. She had no idea what it was like to have someone make you strip down to nothing and beat you with an electrical cord and then lock you in a closet with nothing to eat for over twenty-four hours. I did! So she could save that bullshit that she was talking because I didn’t care to hear it. Mello was locked up and I was more than sure that he’d be in there for a while because I was definitely going to press charges and I knew that Mia was too. He was on probation and wasn’t supposed to get in any trouble or else he would automatically have to do eighteen months that he had over his head. This was the perfect time for me to move on. This way I didn’t have to worry about Mello’s crazy ass trying to kill me as soon as he found out that I was dealing with someone else. I could handle Tremaine’s babymamas and any other little ratchet bitches he had chillin’ in the cut! It was time for me to be happy for a change and that is exactly what I planned to do. It wasn’t like I was trying to marry Tremaine or anything. All I was interested in was having a good time. I’d been chained to Mello for the past five years it was time for me to let my hair down and enjoy life a little. Kisha had moved on with Skeet, one of Tremaine’s best friends. So there was no way in hell she could open her mouth to speak on me dealing with Tremaine.
Mina
I’d been home from the hospital for a little over a week now. My bruises were starting to fade a little